I agree with just about everything Rick has already said, but I'd like to add my preferences and re-state some of what he said. - First of all, I like operating with a portable identifier. Maybe it's

There are some legitimate reasons for that that don't bother me: - Getting the call while in the area but then later moving. (I don't want to give up W3HF if I move after retirement.) - Someone reclai

I'm also in a similar situation--a few states with only a small number of grids. To wit: WA: the infamous CN98 ME: FN56, FN65 MN: EN28, EN38 NE: DN82, DN92 OK: DM86, DM96 Then three each in UT, WY, ID

Jerry - Watch out. Some members have negative member numbers, so your total is decreased when you work them. Steve W3HF (sorry, this message is three days late)

I have no proof, but I'm guessing that someone in Larry's family is replying to incoming emails on his email account with the bad news. I've done some searching, but there's nothing that new in the lo

> Jerry said "070 contest can be whatever you want them to be. It’s your choice. " I think that's the point. Some people may want to chat a little and say hi to an old friend, or offer a welcome to a

https://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=403

Dave - I didn't say that. My words were "...the 2019 DX Specials would continue (until the end of 2019) but we would not add the 2020s right away". So the 2019 DX Specials expired on their announced d

Bob - I think the official answer should come from others, but my recollection of the discussions regarding the transition of the club indicated we/they would try to maintain the current suite of endo

John - Let me add my regrets and best wishes to your departure from the radio scene--regrets that we won't be able to QSO in the future, but best wishes for your new future. It's been my pleasure to c

> A lot of times I find that they are and have already been verified, but the other operator must have re-sent them with some thing changed, like time or something. Don't know why they do this. Dick -

It depends on whether your separate calls have separate 070 numbers. The club's callsign policy (http://www.podxs070.com/frequently-asked-questions/o7o-club-callsign-policy) addresses this. Item #11 s

> Do you operate PSK31 with the audio up or audio down? Depends on what I'm doing. - When the kids were asleep (when we still had kids living in the house), it was always audio down. - When I don't wa

Paul - I think your suggestion (to contact a member via email) is great. I also think we could suggest working an 070 contest. Given the poor propagation we have now, and the fact that there are fewer

Don - No apologies needed--I don't think anyone took offense to your questions and suggestions. The 070 club is in a transition period now, and although the focus of the new team is trying to keep the

Brian - I don't think that's what he means--he really means QSOs. We're blessed in the northeast with a larger amateur radio population per square mile. (IIRC, my own grid, FN20, was the most common g

Jim - I'm really not positive--I wasn't around when the club actually started, and didn't become active in management until a few years later. But my suspicion is that the founding members (Jay, Jay,

Dan - Yes, that's the way they deal with callsign "management." I suspect it's an artifact of their fully-automated system--they may not have the code written to implement and validate callsign change

David (and others) - You are exactly correct. The requirement was to ensure that the prospective member was already a PSK operator with enough of a commitment to make the 50 QSOs. And remember that th

Looks to me like it's DQing all the QSOs. I wonder if the logic for the start times is based on 2018 and hasn't been updated for 2019. (I can't see that deep into it.) Steve W3HF